---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and businesses; podiatry; amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to podiatry practice, so as to amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "Georgia HB 245 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "John LaHood", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper", "Susan Holmes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23197cf8-e77e-4a42-8568-c1cf71b8ff6b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a764b35d65b6986d46759ba0bfc65e2635b0307e615b14888c0fab43d1565c35"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 245 (2021_22) — Professions and businesses; podiatry; amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 35 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to podiatry practice, so as to amend a provision relating to fingerprint and criminal background checks; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee sub LC 33 8731S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199353.pdf)
2. **HB 245/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202449.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8547/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196536.pdf)
4. **SCSFA to HB 245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200138.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200115.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- John LaHood — primary (person)
- Mark Newton — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Susan Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** House Postponed
- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 184 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23197cf8-e77e-4a42-8568-c1cf71b8ff6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).